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RFC 977 - 3.5. The LAST command

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### 3.5. The LAST command

#### 3.5.1. LAST

       LAST

The internally maintained "current article pointer" is set to the previous article in the current newsgroup. If already positioned at the first article of the newsgroup, an error message is returned and the current article remains selected.

The internally-maintained "current article pointer" is set by this command.

A response indicating the current article number, and a message-id string will be returned. No text is sent in response to this command.

#### 3.5.2. Responses

       223 n a article retrieved - request text separately
               (n = article number, a = unique article id)

       412 no newsgroup selected
       420 no current article has been selected
       422 no previous article in this group

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RFC 977 - 3.5. The LAST command